ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,799, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Pin-short damage protection" was invented by Wei Yang (Jiangsu, China) and Yanli Liu (Jiangsu, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical cable protects against pin-short damage at a connector port. The electrical cable includes one or more sensors positioned within the connector outer body that are configured to monitor a state of the connection interface of the electrical cable. The connection interface is configured to connect to and deliver power via the connector power between a power delivery source and a power delivery sink ...